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Paxon School/Advanced Studies

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3239 Norman East Thagard Blvd

Jacksonville FL, 32254, Duval County

Phone: 904-693-7583

Ranking:

(12 out of 492, top 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Duval County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	72		74		74		76		78		82		86
Total Students:	1,500		1,441		1,479		1,562		1,544		1,510		1,540
Grade 9:	433	28.9%	401	27.8%	461	31.2%	485	31.0%	451	29.2%	449	29.7%	443	28.8%
Grade 10:	379	25.3%	421	29.2%	417	28.2%	417	26.7%	385	24.9%	381	25.2%	428	27.8%
Grade 11:	388	25.9%	337	23.4%	329	22.2%	321	20.6%	374	24.2%	369	24.4%	359	23.3%
Grade 12:	300	20.0%	282	19.6%	272	18.4%	339	21.7%	334	21.6%	311	20.6%	310	20.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	696	46.4%	642	44.6%	665	45.0%	738	47.2%	688	44.6%	650	43.0%	637	41.4%
Female:	804	53.6%	799	55.4%	814	55.0%	824	52.8%	811	52.5%	790	52.3%	848	55.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.2%	5	0.3%	6	0.4%	3	0.2%
Asian:	142	9.5%	143	9.9%	146	9.9%	156	10.0%	188	12.2%	191	12.6%	201	13.1%
Hispanic:	108	7.2%	114	7.9%	118	8.0%	114	7.3%	106	6.9%	69	4.6%	74	4.8%
Black:	576	38.4%	548	38.0%	557	37.7%	589	37.7%	554	35.9%	488	32.3%	464	30.1%
White:	607	40.5%	584	40.5%	587	39.7%	636	40.7%	654	42.4%	694	46.0%	747	48.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	5	0.3%	5	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	61	4.1%	49	3.4%	65	4.4%	59	3.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	289	19.3%	218	15.1%	255	17.2%	310	19.8%	190	12.3%	152	10.1%	118	7.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	73	4.9%	61	4.2%	66	4.5%	58	3.7%	81	5.2%	63	4.2%	41	2.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.83		19.47		19.99		20.55		19.92		19.00		18.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2013	Biology 1	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	422	404	404
2013	Geometry	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	412	398	403
FCAT
2004	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	319	323
2005	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350	323	322
2006	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	327	324
2007	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358	322	323
2008	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	322	327
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	325	327
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	324	331
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	324	329
2004	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	299	300
2005	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336	299	296
2006	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	299	298
2007	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	298	300
2008	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	299	306
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	301	305
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	299	310
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	302	309
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	261	242	244
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	261	244	246
2006	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338	298	298
2007	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	301	302
2008	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	307	304
2009	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	310	303
2010	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	315	306
2011	Science	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	312	307
2007	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	297	302
2008	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	301	309
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350	306	313
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	306	311
2007	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	304	308
2008	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350	308	313
2009	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	307	316
2010	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344	310	317
2011	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	312	317
2012	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	256	238	240
2013	Reading	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	255	238	240

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.5%	55.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.5%	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%	41.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%	58.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,429.0	$42,316.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,686.0	$37,240.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,529.0	$48,225.0

* Paxon School/Advanced Studies was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.